And she slides

She finally is able to slide down a slide on her own. What a thrill.

National Day celebrations continue through the weekend

We decided to do a hotel stay over the long weekend. We had initially wanted to watch the parade from a hotel in town but we decided that it would be more worthwhile to spend that money on an entire weekend instead of a mere one night stay.

So we drove all the way to Changi Village. It was a relatively short drive from our place.



We came here at least once everyday because Kim really enjoyed feeding the fish in the pond.



This was at our first dinner. She happily chomped down bread and chicken.

And there was rice and chestnut in the roast chicken which was very tasty too. This was just the first of our many we-overate-again meals.

In our room, Kim was very fascinated with everything. She would play with the phone, the light switches, the safe. And yes, we brought Da diang along.

Papa likes this outfit.

Mama was doing girly stuff with Kim before bedtime.

What she looks like in the mornings.

But she was especially cheerful this particular morning.

Kim's breakfast. She only ate the baked beans from this plate.

Papa's way of enticing her to eat more. It didn't work. :(

We went to the beach for some sand time. This little girl looked on with much fascination so we invited her to join us.

I finally managed to build my tower which lasted all of 2 seconds before these two promptly levelled it.

Isn't our new friend pretty?

We were joined by her sister (or cousin?).

And then the whole family descended on us. Kim didn't seem to mind. But she was also watching my reaction.

All smiles.

A nice cold treat.

And then a nice warm bath.....with the same sand toys. This is how she smiles at the camera.

One of two pools. This is the fish tank.

Back to the pond. This time feeding the fish with papa.

Our own version of fireworks.....with sparklers.

Changi Boardwalk. Admiring the flowers. Feeling the petals. Oops. Halved it.

Kingfisher.

Shiny green beetle.

A wave for the camera.

A family pic taken in the fish tank.

A photo taken by Kim!

Snoozing before checkout. I am now convinced we should have gotten a King sized bed!

National Day @ Skool

It's Kimberley's first National Day celebrations. The kids were told to dress in red and/or white for this mornings celebrations. Kim wore the Little Red Dot dress. Today is the first day she allowed any teacher to check her mouth for HFMD as a routine check. We told her to smile at the camera and this is what we got.



Her favourite spot in the classroom. The little round table that she likes to sit on.



The toddler class trouping to the multi-purpose hall.



The playgroupers making their way.

Waving their flags.

The toddlers were all put onto benches like that while they waited for the entire school (including nursery, K1s and K2s) to arrive.

The older kids making their way.

A selected few were dressed in costume.

Finally, the school sings the National Anthem and take the Pledge.

They sang the usual "Count on me Singapore", "Di Tanjong Katong", etc.

Kim looked like she didn't really know what was going on. She was just happy that she had a flag in her hands which she waved and twirled.

Mirror mirror on the wall...who do we look like most of all?

Again, just for laughs. But ffffttt, is the program non-committal or what? I've always known I look like neither of my parents. Yes, a constant reminder that I was picked up from the dustbin as our previous generation like to taunt us with. (wonder why?) But I thought Peen looks more like Dad. Oh well. That's technology for you.

Just for laughs

Do you agree with the meter?

Humphrey invades Kim's wardrobe

Kim likes elephants. She likes to see pictures of them but Peen and I have realised that she doesn't like the real thing too much, especially when it threatens to walk right up to her and swing that ever so long trunk at her. They also do trumpet really loudly. We witnessed this just last week.

So yes, back to elephants. Cute elephants to be specific. That started me on a search for elephant characters. Of course there is Dumbo. She has two of those. One on her bed and another which she brings to school with her.

Then there is Humphrey which I LOVE am sure Kim will absolutely adore. I mean look at that. Just how cute is he? Would have bought the toys for her instead of Dumbo but really, Humphrey products, be it clothing, toys or what not, is almost impossible to find here in Singapore. I've searched the net and well, they are available but bl**dy expensive not quite worth my while to purchase online.

So I embarked on a stolen idea. Iron-ons! (Thanks Lorraine!)

Went to Giant and bought nice stretchy comfy-looking tank tops. Trawled the net for usable images and ta-da......copyright infringed homemade Humphrey tanktops. Yes, while white is still the best for iron-ons if you want nice vibrant colours, it isn't ideal for self-feeding babies.

29 July '09 miracle

I need to journal this down.

Because Kim went to bed at 8.15pm. And slept till 5.30am. She had some milk and then continued to sleep till 7am. Then wanted to play hair stylist. Insisted on taking her comb and brush and mirror and combing my hair with all three items.

At about 7.30am, she said, "Papa? See." And then headed for her room door (which was closed). I asked her, "You wanna see Papa?" She nods vigorously.

We enter our room where Peen was still asleep and she whispers, "Papa." And looked rather pleased. :) She knows to whisper but most of the time she forgets herself and shouts loudly, "Papa....Eeeep (sleep)."